I took the train from Hamburg to Cologne in the morning, with another large delay of 1.5 hours.
I had my “uncle” from Leverkussen pick me up from the station. I stayed in Leverkussen nearly 20 years ago. The purpose of my visit back then was to improve my German as I studied it in high school.
Chances are you will only know where Leverkussen is if you follow German and league football – Bayer Leverkussen is the local team.
It was great to catch up with the family, which included my Uncle’s grandson 4 year birthday party. It was like so much changed in terms of family and circumstances and growing up and yet we all stayed so similar!
Really lovely catching up with everyone!